Workday Accounting Centre/Prism Lead

Focus Cloud; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 129,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Focus Cloud seeks a Workday Accounting Center and Prism Analytics Lead to own the end-to-end pipeline that turns high-volume events into posted accounting in Workday Financials. You will drive Prism ingestion, data modelling, Center rules, and balanced journal generation while collaborating with Finance stakeholders.

This remote UK role requires proven delivery of Workday Accounting Center to production, strong Prism Analytics skills, plus governance, security and scalable data pipelines.

Qualifications

• Proven delivery of at least one Workday Accounting Center implementation through to production.
• Must have strong Workday Prism Analytics delivery capability (ingestion, datasets, security).
• Must have solid Workday Financials Core knowledge (FDM, worktags, ledgers).
• Necessary accounting literacy and experience with high-volume transactional data.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Accounting Center design and build: rules, transformations, enrichment to FDM/worktags.
• Ensure balanced journal generation, posting cadence, exception handling and reprocessing.
• Own traceability and audit-ready lineage from source event to ledger lines.
• Architect Workday Prism Analytics pipelines: ingestion, staged datasets, publishing.
• Implement dataset governance including security and scale performance.
• Translate finance needs into platform design and deliver handover/runbooks.

Skills

Workday Accounting Center

Workday Prism Analytics

Workday Financials Core

SQL

Data modelling

Lead a workstream

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

EIB

Core Connectors

Studio

Workday Extend

Job description

Job Title Workday Accounting Centre/Prism Lead

Location Remote (UK)

Overview / Role Summary Our Client is looking for a Workday Accounting Center & Prism Analytics Lead to take ownership of the end-to-end pipeline that turns high-volume business events into posted accounting in Workday Financials. This is a delivery-focused role spanning Prism ingestion + data modelling, Accounting Center rules/enrichment, and balanced journal generation into the ledger, working directly with Finance stakeholders.

Benefits / Value Proposition

• Contract: 6–12 months (with delivery runway through May 31, 2027)
• High-impact work on one of the rarest Workday Financials skill sets
• Autonomy to lead a critical workstream end-to-end (not “ticket execution”)

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Accounting Center design and build: rules, rule sets, transformations, and enrichment to FDM/worktags.
• Ensure balanced journal generation, posting cadence, exception handling, and reprocessing approach.
• Own traceability and audit-ready lineage from source event through to ledger lines.
• Architect Workday Prism Analytics pipelines: ingestion (file/SFTP/API/WDL), staged tables, derived datasets, publishing.
• Implement dataset governance including security (incl. row-level security where required) and performance at scale.
• Translate Finance/Group Reporting needs into platform design, including reconciliation vs source control totals.
• Produce handover documentation/runbooks and build capability within the client team.

Required Experience & Skills

• Required: Proven delivery of at least one Workday Accounting Center implementation through to production (end-to-end).
• Must: Strong Workday Prism Analytics (ingestion, staged/derived datasets, transformations, publishing, security).
• Must: Solid Workday Financials Core knowledge (FDM, worktags, ledgers, journal sources, book codes).
• Necessary: Strong accounting literacy (double-entry, subledger concepts, cut-off, reconciliation).
• Required: Experience handling high-volume transactional data and scaling data pipelines.
• Must: Ability to lead a workstream and engage confidently with Finance stakeholders.

Dealbreakers (Non-Negotiable Requirements)

• You must have delivered Workday Accounting Center to production (not POC, not “exposure”).
• You must have strong hands-on Workday Prism Analytics delivery capability.
• You must be eligible to work in the UK and operate Outside IR35 on a contract basis.
• You must be able to work remotely in UK time zones and start immediately / short notice.
• Workday Certification in Accounting Center and/or Prism Analytics.
• Domain experience in insurance, banking, lending, fintech, retail, subscription billing.
• Workday Integrations experience (EIB, Core Connectors, Studio) and/or Workday Extend.
• Strong SQL and data modelling background (pre-Workday experience).